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MarketInk: NBC San Diego Sponsoring Walk MS for 25th Year
It will be the 25th consecutive year for KNSD/NBC 7 San Diego to serve as exclusive television sponsor of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s 2017 San Diego County Credit Union Walk MS on...
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MarketInk: Music DJ Chris Cantore Now a Sports Talk Show Host
Chris Cantore, who has worked as a DJ on local radio stations since 1994, is now hosting “The Cutting Edge of Sports,” weekdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on sports talk station XPRS 1090-AM The Mighty...
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MarketInk: 3 Local Firms, 3 Students Win National ADDY Advertising Awards
Three San Diego marketing firms recently received four national ADDY awards at the American Advertising Federation at the ADMERICA convention, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. All three...
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MarketInk: Radio Stations to Broadcast Live at Chargers’ Annual Blood Drive
For years, local radio stations have been big boosters of the San Diego Blood Bank’s annual Chargers Blood Drive, held on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. This year is no different. Chargers Drive 38...
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MarketInk: USD Athletics and BCA Announce Radio Partnership
The University of San Diego and Broadcast Company of the Americas have announced agreement to broadcast Toreros football and men’s basketball games during the 2017-2018 school year. The agreement calls...
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MarketInk: KyXy’s Sam Bass Spins Nonstop Holiday Music for 38th Year
It’s hard to be a humbug about Christmas music. For the 38th consecutive holiday season, CBS Radio’s KyXy 96.5-FM has changed its format to continuous holiday music. And, Sam Bass has been part of...
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MarketInk: Radio Broadcaster Sam Bass Retires After 44-year Career
After a 44-year radio broadcasting career, Sam Bass, 69, has decided to hang-up the headphones. “One of my heroes is (the late TV legend) Johnny Carson who walked away from The Tonight Show after 20...
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MarketInk: Jenny Rose Gonzalez Promoted to BCA General Sales Manager
San Diego-based Broadcast Company of the Americas has promoted Jenny Rose Gonzalez from local sales manager to general sales manager. Gonzalez first joined BCA in 2006, left in 2012 to work at the San...
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MarketInk: Fox 5 Unveils San Diego Market’s First 360-Degree News Set
KSWB-TV/Fox 5 San Diego unveiled a new 360-degree news set last week that station officials say is the first in the San Diego market. The new set, designed by Tim Saunders of Broadcast Design...
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MarketInk: 91X Names Garett Michaels as Program Director
XETRA 91.1-FM, better known as 91X, has named Garett Michaels as its program director. He previously spent the past year consulting with the station owned by Local Media San Diego. “After spending the...
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MarketInk: Traina Design Wins Best of Show at SDX 2018 ADDY Awards
Traina Design won best of show for its unique “Deadlines” self-promotion campaign at this year’s ADDY awards, the San Diego advertising community’s top recognition event. The “Deadlines” campaign is an...
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97.3 FM Host Apologizes for Suicide Tweet That Angers Padres Officials
A radio host who’s poised to make his San Diego debut apologized Tuesday for a promotional tweet that centered around a gag about suicide jumps off the Coronado Bridge. Kevin Klein, who is scheduled to...
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MarketInk: DSC Morning Show Returns to Original Home on KGB
DSC, a morning radio show that has aired in San Diego since 1990, returns to iHeart Media’s KGB 101.5-FM station starting Monday after eight years on KFMB 100.7-FM. The show’s contract with KFMB-FM,...
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In Only Gubernatorial Debate, Cox and Newsom Disagree About Everything
The two men competing to be the next governor of California met for their first (and, alas, probably only) one-on-one stand-off Monday. If you didn’t see it, that’s because the showdown—which was...
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MarketInk: SDX Presents 101 ADDY Awards to 27 Companies
Creative ad agency i.d.e.a won the Best of Show award for its “Play for All” entry in the advertising animation category at the recent ADDY awards, the San Diego advertising community’s top recognition...
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MarketInk: The Mighty 1090 Appears to Be History
The future of San Diego sports talk radio station XPRS 1090-AM The Mighty 1090 remains in doubt after Andreas Bichara, the Mexico-based signal operator, alleging nonpayment of lease fees, last week...
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MarketInk: Mighty 1090 Parent Broadcast Company of the Americas Ceases...
Broadcast Company of the Americas, operators of three San Diego radio stations that use Mexican-based transmitters, is out of business. BCA’s XHPRS 105.7 MAX-FM and XEPE 1700-AM went off the air in...
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MarketInk: Ben & Woods Join 97.3-FM The Fan Following Mighty 1090 Demise
San Diego sports talk radio station KWFN 97.3-FM The Fan, operated by Philadelphia-based Entercom Communications, announced that Ben Higgins and Steven Woods will fill the 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. weekday slot...
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Congressional Candidate Carl DeMaio Returns to Radio with Paid Messages and...
Congressional candidate Carl DeMaio had to give up his daily talk show on KOGO AM-600, but is returning to the air with paid messages and a weekly podcast. The DeMaio campaign said daily editorial...
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MarketInk: LaDona Harvey Extends KOGO Radio Contract to 2022
iHeartMedia San Diego has announced that AM-600 KOGO News Radio morning co-host LaDona Harvey has agreed to a contract extension. Station officials declined to discuss contact details, but Harvey told...
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